Band saw tire mounting device



Oct. 23, 1951 w. D. WEIKART ET AL 2,572,739

BAND SAW TIRE-MOUNTING DEVICE Filed Dec. 5, 1947 2 SHEETS-SHEET l F/gJ.

Inventan! Warren .0. We/karl E dward f. A/fomare Oct. 23, 1951 w. D. WEIKART ETAL 2,572,789

BAND SAW TIRE-MOUNTING DEVICE Filed D60. 3, 1947 2 SHEETS- SHEET 2 M W 2 e 4 r 0 mm m an m m W M. 4 5 6 0d mm 4 n r n w 6 m C m w M v w d 8 NET/FM" 0 WE. l 5 Q I 6 h A. z

Patented Oct. 23, 1 951 umriso s.)

AN W fiIJ'i NTINGi EYICE innw ikll f rflfi l E wfitdiF- Atlton are I W ster on ApplicationDecemberfi, 194]; Serial-l no; 73?;5001

This invention. relatescgenerallye tools; and..- more particularly-to a..b'and:-saw. tireumounting.

device- A primary object .of this. invention .is: to PX'DH vide a... device whereby.- a bandesawetirea may. be conveniently mounted upon. a. bandi saws driving.

wheel.

clamped tothe .wheel: atone side thereof, .so, .that.

thedevice is manually operated.

Still; another: object of. this invention. isito. ine. corporatewith such vadeyiceia meansxfor: mounting. the vsaid taperediroller improper position con:

the side of the wheel. p

Stiliano her obifictofithisinvention is to provide a device. of. this; character in which the mounting for the said guide roller is used to hold a third roller in=operativerelationwith the other rollers, this last roller rotating on an axis normal to the axis of rotation of the tapered roller Still another object of this invention is to provide a device of this character which is safe to use, inasmuch as means is provided to prevent -a device from slipping out of. proper operativepositionwhen in use.

Stillianother objectof this invention istoprovide means whichinclines the'porti on omhe u're operated in a proper manner, toiacilitate the sliding of this portion onto the wheel.

And a last object to be specifically mentioned ls=toprovide a device of this character which is extremely simple to operate and to adjust for use with different sized wheels, which is relatively inexpensive and practicable to manufacture, and which will give generally efiicient and durable service.

With these objects definitely in view, this invention resides in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail in the specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a material part of this application, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a band saw driving wheel, a band saw wheel tire and this invention operatively applied thereto, as in forcing the tire on said wheel;

Figure 2 is a lower plan view of the structure illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is another side elevational view of the same;

eq a mst 57=rfla22 l v Figure; 4- isianr .enlargeddetailedi fragmentarya View: intransversevertical section; taken ontheir Figure 5 is anothericross: sectional view, .taken,v

on the line=5'- 5 iIrFigure mend,

Figurefi is an enlarged'fragmentary detaihview:

showin the cl'amp-as used in securing a portion of the tireon-aportion of: the wheel removed cir-icumferentially from the I tapered roller;

Similar characters of reference designate simia. lar or identical parts and portions throughoutthe specification and throughout theseveral viewsoftthe drawings.

Referring: to-the drawings in detail;- the en-- vironment wherewith thisinv'ention is adapted-to be used includes a driving wheel or a band sawhav-ingan axle supported hub l ll spokesli -and azrimiportion. l4, togetherwith-a tire I 6 If referonce is: had: toEigure 1,- it will be notedthatthetire:,is first placedpartially upon the rim I l-with thep rtion. [8 of the tire extending chordally' acrossv a portion1 of thew-heel. The tire is preventedrfrom slipping off the wheelat. oneendcf the portion; l8: hymeans of a: c-clamp 20 which- I will" be used c in an obvious manner asindicated a in Figure 1.

The .device includes a bar 22 which is-show-n as;.constructed from stock; of circular cross section, and thisebar hasgan ofiset portion--24-adaptedzto engage. the wheel axle orihub. lll while the; other end ofcthe-bar extends beyond the rim M Off thelargestzwheel withwhichit' is intendedto use-= the-device.

- Ablock' 26; iSzbQI'Qd to receive the bar- 22- and a set screw. Z8,-iseusedrtocfasten theblock 2 6 m a predetermined position. on the bar- 22- adj acent thezrim'...l4 of. the wheel; The main. portion or sleeve-likepontion. of theeblock 26 has secured to oneside; thereofsan extending arm which is U'- parallel to and closely adjacent to said rim, this last mentioned wall being also apertured to receive a bolt 34, while the bottom plate 38 is preferably integral with the said vertical walls 30 and 36, and the bottom plate 38 is cut back as at 40, to give clearance to the tapered roller 42. The roller 42 is directly mounted on a sleeve bearing or bushing 44 which is held in place by the bolt 34, as clearly illustrated in Figure 4.

The flanged roller 46 has a shank portion 48 freely rotatably mounted within the suitably recessed outer or lower end of the block 26, and

3 this flanged roller and shank portion are bored to receive the bar 22 which serves as a journal for this flanged roller. The flanged roller is held in place in the block 26 bya member generally'indicated by the'numeral 50'and comprising a slide bearing portion 52 having a bore to receive the bar 22 and a set screw 54 to lock the member 50 on the said bar, and an extending portion 56 inv be used with difierent sized wheels. .A set screw 62 is used to fix the shank portion 60 in the extending portion 56. The outer end of the arm 58.

is turned upwardly and comprises a journal for a guide roller 64 which may be heldfreely rotatably mounted on this journal and it will be understood that the guide roller will engage one side of the rim I4 and is also adapted to-prevent the belt tire 16 from being pushed beyond the edge of the rim-adjacent-to the guide roller. Any simple means such as a headed bolt 66 threaded into the end ofthe upwardly extendingportion of thearm 58 may be used to retain the guide roller 64 in place.

The operation of this invention willbe clearly understood from the foregoing description of the mechanical details thereof, taken in connection with the above recitation of the objects sought to be achieved by this invention. In recapitulation, the tire is first placed on the wheel as illustrated in Figure 1, with the c-clamp 20 holding one portion of the tire on therim and the other portions of this device disposed as indicated. Forcing the outer end of the bar 22 in a counterclockwise direction as in Figure 1, will force the tire onto the rim, the guide roller 64 being ad-'- justed to hold the block and parts carried thereby in frictional engagement withone side of the rim and the tapered roller 42 serving .to position the tire at an angle so as to facilitate its sliding onto the rim 14, while the flanged roller 46 completes the operation by pushing the tire into proper position on the rim as the device is moved in a counterclockwise direction- 1 Obviously, many minor variations may be made in the exact construction and proportionment of- I the various elements in this invention and the drawings and specification are to be considered 7 4 as illustrative rather than limited. Accordingly this invention should be limited only by a proper interpretation of the terminology used in the subjoined claims. v

'Having described the invention, what is v claimed as new is:

1. A band saw tire mounting device including a bar, a block on said bar, said bar being of suincent the rim of said wheel, a tapered roller freely I rotatably mounted on said block on an axis at right angles to the plane of said wheel with the larger diameter end adjacent said rim, a tireengaging flanged roller freely rotatably mounted on. said block to rotate on the adjacent portion of said bar, a guide roller carried by said bar and disposed in offset relation thereto to contactia-side of said rim opposite to the'side thereof adjacent said tapered roller, said flanged roller be ing coaxial with said bar. I

2. A band saw tire mounting device including;

a bar, a block on said bar, said bar being of sumcientlength to contact an axle of a bandsaw driving wheel while supporting said block adja-u cent the rim of said wheel, atapered roller freely rotatably mounted on said block on an axis at right angles to the plane of said wheel with the larger diameter end adjacent said rim, a tireengaging flanged roller having a shank or hub portion freely rotatably'mounted in said block and'on an adjacent portion of said bar, a guide roller carried by said bar and disposed in offset relation; thereto to contact a side of said rim opposite to the side thereof adjacent said tapered roller, said block being slidably adjustable along said bar. a r WARREN D. WEIKART EDWARD F. ALTOMARE. I

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITEDSTATES PATENTS Number Name Date 616,967 Prescott Jan. 3, 1899 965,076 Carle July.19, 1910 1,215,680 Mason Feb. 13, 1917 1,352,550 Singleton Sept. 14, 1920 FOREIGN PATENTS 7 Number Country Date 18,301 Great Britain Sept. 1, 1908 

